Late to the party, but still have suggestions for people in your situation, looking for a decent laptop.
Look at refurbished laptops!
There are plenty of used laptops that can be found for a decent deal, with the only downsides being that the laptop will be slightly out of date (but can often be granted a new lease of life by upgrading the RAM, just make sure to read the specs to see if you can replace the RAM in the first place, and how much RAM you can use.